The Slider House quietly changed hands a few weeks ago, but the new owners were keeping mum about the news until a new liquor license was approved. The City of Rock Hill approved the license last night.
As of this morning, The Slider House in Rock Hill is now officially closed. (The Nashville flagship remains open.) Construction will soon be underway for its replacement, Hangar Kitchen + Bar.
“We bought the Slider House fully intending to change the concept,” says Chris Sedlak, who will operate the restaurant with his wife, Courtney. (Sedlak is also the co-founder of Wicked Greenz, a fast-casual concept with locations in Clayton and O’Fallon, Mo.)
Hangar Kitchen + Bar will be broader-based than its salads-and-sliders predecessor, which Chris called fun but flawed. “Instead of one entrée per person, each person had a slider or more likely, three,” he says. “The strain that model puts on the kitchen staff and food runners is incredible.”
The Sedlaks plan to expand the kitchen, enclose it, and relocate the bar along the Manchester-facing windows. “Except for the cosmetics, all the changes are geared toward efficiency,” Chris says. While the new menu is still in development, the focus is on shareables, small plates, and "a more reasonable number of sliders.” Additional menu details will emerge in the next few weeks, and Chris expects the renovation and permitting to take several months.
Naturally, Hangar Kitchen + Bar will have an aeronautic look and feel, though not to the point of kitsch—“just enough touches to justify the theme,” as Chris puts it. “ Plus, I’m a vodka drinker, and my favorite brand is Hangar.”
